Social Media Correspondents's Posts

The political trailblazer responsible for spearheading efforts to make Juneteenth a holiday says his work is still not done. SMC’s Serbino Sandifer-Walker explains. Click icon below to hear report. (Portions of this report were produced with an iPhone.) Podcast Powered By Podbean Tweet »

Residents in Cleveland, Texas are trying to heal after the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old. Social Media Correspondent Sara Phipps Car Reports from the East Texas town. (SMC started reporting this story in March 2011.) Podcast Powered By Podbean Tweet »

By: Dwayne Adams and Sara Carr Trumpets of hope echoed through a small community as pastors from surrounding churches gathered to pray over the heavy hearts that fill the stricken town of Cleveland, Texas. Members of the community gathered at Samuel Wiley Park for “Community Spiritual Awakening, Blow the Trumpet in Zion” on Thursday March 31 in hopes of restoring pride and peace to t... »

“Don’t Paint Us with One Broad Stroke” By Serbino Sandifer-Walker Painful is one word that the people in Cleveland, Texas are saying a lot these days. Outsiders have come in and tried to paint the town as a “bad” place, locals say. But the town’s folks want the whole world to know that Cleveland is not bad. It’s a town of just about 8,000 tucked quietly in southeast Texas, right o... »

This is The Power of Collective Voice By Shauntara Greene Why are Black women picked on so much? We are criticized, mocked, called names, and stereotyped, why? We have to defend ourselves on a constant basis and work ten times harder than any other race as a result of our race and gender. Well, I am so sick and tired of all the labels. Psychology Today published a study titled, “Why Are Black Wom... »

The editor of the Cleveland Advocate said it has been painful covering the alleged sexual assault case of an 11-year-old girl and reports suggesting the southeast Texas town is divided racially are exaggerated. Venesa Braisher spoke to Social Media Correspondents (SMC) editor Serbino Sandifer-Walker and the SMC team recently. Click here or the icon below to hear the full interview. Podcast Powere... »

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The Social Media Correspondents use multiple social media platforms to report on pertinent issues. The founding editor is journalist and Texas Southern University Journalism Professor Serbino Sandifer-Walker @sswalker (Twitter). The Chief SMC is Kenneth Ware Jr. @KennethWareJr (Twitter), New York Times Intern Reporter, Houston Chronicle Intern Reporter, BET blogger. *We are the first team in the nation, with a professional and collegiate news group, to use multiple social media as a reporting tool. We tell stories dynamically using a myriad of social and multimedia platforms. We are especially interested in telling under told stories in underserved communities. We use mobile phones to capture video, audio, photos and live events in the communities we cover. We live tweet and have a newsfeed on Twitter at #TwitterNewsChat. We're always thinking outside of the box.